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Quality Indicator Repository

Quality indicators are standardised, evidence-based measures used to monitor and evaluate the quality and safety of care. The ACAC developed a Quality Indicator Repository. For information on its development see this document.

Please navigate the Quality Indicator Repository to learn about the quality indicators we identified across care settings and their defining, data, and source attributes.  You can also use the Quality Indicator Repository to download quality indicators of interest to you.

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Hospital CareNew ZealandHealth Quality & Safety Commission: Health System Indicators

The acute bed days per capita rates are presented using the number of bed days for acute hospital stays per 1000 population domiciled within a District with age standardisation.

Hospital CareWorld Health OrganizationWorld Health Organization (WHO): Global Health Observatory

Mental health beds in general hospitals per 100,000 population.

Hospital CareWorld Health OrganizationWorld Health Organization (WHO): Global Health Observatory

The number of hospital beds available per every 10 000 inhabitants in a population.

Hospital CareOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): OECD Indicators

This indicator provides a measure of the resources available for delivering services to inpatients in hospitals in terms of number of beds that are maintained, staffed and immediately available for use.

Hospital CareCanadaHealth Quality Council of Alberta

All patients admitted as inpatients are included in the numerator regardless of whether they are in day surgery areas, surgical suites, emergency, etc. Therefore, the hospital occupancy calculation can be over 100%.

Hospital CareCanadaHealth Quality Council of Alberta

Percentage of acute care inpatient days classified as Alternate Level of Care (ALC) days.

Hospital CareBelgiumBelgian Health Care Knowledge Centre: Performance of the Belgian health system

The share of hospitals with occupancy rate for COVID-19 patients in ICU (intensive care unit) licensed beds above 60%.

Hospital CareAustraliaAustralian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS)
Hospital CareAustraliaAustralian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS)
Hospital CareWorld Health OrganizationWorld Health Organization (WHO): Global Health Observatory

The number of mental health units in general hospitals per 100,000 population.

Hospital CareIrelandHealth Service Executive (HSE): Acute Key Performance Indicators

This metric looks at the number of acute bed days lost due to delayed transfers of care (DTOC) (i.e., when a patient remains in hospital after a senior doctor has documented in the medical chart that the patient can be discharged).

Hospital CareBelgiumBelgian Health Care Knowledge Centre: Performance of the Belgian health system

The percentage of hospital beds (ICU and non ICU) that are closed due to staff absenteeism or force majeure.

Hospital CareBelgiumBelgian Health Care Knowledge Centre: Performance of the Belgian health system

The percentage of ICU beds that are closed due to staff absenteeism or force majeure.

Hospital CareUnited Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of ManNuffield Trust and Health Foundation programme: QualityWatch

The number of available hospital beds (daily average) by bed type.

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